Electric iron



July 6, 1943. B. G. oLvlNG ELECTRIG IRON Filed Nov. 15, 1941 r.. .i n l INVENTOR. BROR G. 0l. v/A/ Y af/W7@ ATToRNEv Patented July s, 1643 ELECTRIC mon Bm G. oiving, mgm, n1., amm u McGraw Electric Company, Elgin, lll., a corporation of Delaware Application November 15, 1941, Serial No. 419,247

s claim.. (cl. ss-ss) I able heat-immune materiel, which, for inus- My invention relates to electric sadirons.

An object of my invention is to provide an electric iron having a relatively cool outer casing.

Another object of my invention is to provide an electric iron having a casing supported by the` handle.

Still another object of my invention is to provide an electric iron having a handle and casing supporting means permitting 'of easy and quick mounting of the handle and the casing on the heated bodyof the iron.

Other objects of my invention will either be apparent from the following description of one form of device embodying my invention or will be pointed out in the course of such description and set forth in the appended claims.

In the single sheet of drawings,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of an iron embodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section taken through substantially the center of the iron,

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and,

Fig. 4 is a lateral sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

It is, of course, well known in the art that the amount of electrical energy which is now translated into heat in the electric heating unit 'of an ordinary sadiron of the domestic type has been increased to at 1000 watts and this has brought with it relatively high operating temperatures of the handle and of the casing of such irons' and my improved construction has to do more particularly with relatively simple and inexpensive means for ensuring that the casing and handle shall operate at relatively low temperatures, even after long periods of use of such an iron.

I have illustrated an iron II as being of the usual triangular outline and comprising a soleplate I3 and insulated electric heating element I5 in the recessed top surface of the soleplate I3, together with a top or clamping plate I1. The members I3, I5 and I'I constitute what may be called the heated body and I have shown these generally only since they constitute no part of my invention. I provide also a block or layer I9 of any suitable heat insulating material which is snown as resting upon and against the upper surface of the heated body and it is to be understood that any suitable or desired means may be used to hold the heat-insulating member I9 in its proper operative position.

I provide a sadiron handle 2| which is preferably made with a front depending supporting portion 23 and a rear depending supporting portion 25. Preferably, this handle is made of a suittrative purposes only, may be considered to be some one of the moulded plastic materials ynow generally used for such purposes. I provide further a casing 21 which is of th usual hollow shape and is large enough to be out of contact with the heated body and while I have shown it to have a lower edge extending to below theupper surface of the heated body, my inven- Means for supporting the handle and the casing include a plurality of heat-insulating mem-l bers. I provide a stud 29 in the front end portion of the iron and this may have screw-threaded en- Easement, at its lower end, with the top plate I1. I provide a bushing 3| of heat-insulating material and of generally tubular shape which may either be separate and of a height substantially equal to the thickness of the heat-insulating block I9 or it may be .integral with a tubular member 33 of inverted conical shape. For illustrative purposes the heat-insulating bushings may be made of a heat-insulating material having high compressive strength, such as a ceramic material, Mycale glass or some similar material which can withstand a continuous operating temperature of 600 F. or over. The stud 29 `has mounted thereon a supporting bracket 35 which is of a material having a high thermal reluctance such as stainless steel and of substantially U- shape, as Will be noted by reference to Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing. The bracket 35 is provided with a central aperture 3l and its intermediate portion is adapted to rest on the upper surface of bushing 33 and be engaged by the lower surface of an upper bushing 39 which is substantially the same as bushing 33. These two bushings are clamped tightly into engagement with the bracket 35 by a nut 4I on the stud 23. The upwardly extending end portions of the bracket 35 are. each provided with pins 43 secured tothe member 35 and extending forwardly thereof, as will be noted by reference to Fig. 2,

of the drawing.

I provide a pair of heat-insulating supports similar in shape to the forward stud but larger at the rear end of the heated body. Each of these heat-insulating supports includes a stud l5 the lower end of which has screw-threaded engagement with a short strap 41 of metal which is held against the upper surface of the rear end i of the heated body by a screw or screws 49. I

provide a lower tubular bushing 5I of inverted aperture and being positioned between the upper and the lower cone shaped heat-insulating members 5|. The bracket 53 is made of material having a high thermal reluctance such as stainless steel. AA nut 59 is provided at the upper end of each of the studs 45 to tightly clamp the twol heat-insulating bushings 5| against the end portions 51 of the supporting bracket 53.

The front depending portion 23 of the handle has a recess 6| in its lower surface in which are located two tubular bushings 63 of a heat-insulating material similar to the bushings 39 and 5|, which bushings are held in proper operative position in the recess 6I by bolts 65. A bracket 61 of relatively flat inverted U-shape is clamped in proper operative position between the lower ends of the two bushings 63 and the heads' of the bolts 65. The depending end portions of bracket 61 areprovided respectively with an opening 69 in which the pins 43 may ilt.

The rear end portion of the handle and including the rear depending portion 25 may be made with two stepped supporting surfaces 1| and 13, the mid portion 55 ofthe bracket 53 having flat face engagement with the surface 1| and being heldl tightly thereagainst by screws 15.

The surface 13 may have a plurality of short machine screws 11 in screw-threaded engagement therewith to constitute 4a pair or a plurality of terminals, leads 19 being connected therewith from the end portions of the heating element I5.

A twin conductor cord 8| has its ends connected to the proper contact terminals and while I have not shown any thermal control switch for controlling the temperature of the iron, I may provide such control but since this does not constitute any part of my present invention, I have not shown such construction. The cord 8| may extend outwardly through a resilient elongated bushing 83 in a manner well known in the art.

A closure means for the rear end portion of the handle may include a relatively hollow block 85 of a material similar to the handle 2| and having a shape and outline complementary to the handle and to the rest of the iron. 'I he member 85 may be held in proper place by interlocking engagement at its upper end with the upper portion of the handle and its lower portion may be held against the rear end portion of casing 21 as by one or more screws 81. The casing 21 is supported from the front and rear handle portions 23 and 25 as by screws 89 extending through the casing and into screw threaded engagement with the handle supports. It will be noted that the handle 2| is directly supported from and by the heated body through and by means providing a relatively high thermal reluctance to any heat which might tend to be ,conducted from the heated body to the supporting means and to the handle. The casing 21 is supported only by the handle screws 89 extending through the, casing into the front and the rear depending handle supporting portions.

It is, therefore, clear that I provide a sadiron in which a handle, made of a heat-insulating material, is supported by means providing relatively cone shape and of heat-insulating material and i casing being out of engagement with the heated body, has the result that the casing will operate at a relatively low temperature as far as heat conducted thereto from the heatedbody is concerned. The use of a block |9 of heat-insulating material is of further help in reducing the amount of heat radiated from the heated body upwardly against the inner surface of the casing and I may further provide any suitable or desired means such as a heat-reflecting, highly polished or plated surface on the under side of casing 21 to still further reduce the amount of heat reaching the casing 21 by radiation.

It is thus evident that my invention provides a relatively simple iron in which the removal of the rear closure member 83 and the removal of a few screws, including screws 15 and 11, will permit of removing the 'handle and the casing by raising the rear end portion of the handle and then moving it and th e casing forwardly to cause disengagement of the pins 43 from the upper supporting bracket 61. Conversely it is relatively easy to assemble such an iron by rst having the pins 43 extend through 'the openings 89 in the upper bracket 61 and then inserting the screws 15 and thereafter the screws 11, after which the rear closure member 85 can be again placed in its proper operative position and held therein by the screw or screws 81.

Various modifications may be made in the structure embodying my invention and all such modifications clearly coming within the scope of the appended claims shall be considered to be covered thereby.

I claim as my invention:

1. An electric iron comprising a heated body, a vertically-extending stud on said body at the front end thereof, a supporting-bracket heat-insulatedly supported on said stud, a pair of substantially horizontally-extending pins on said bracket, a pair of vertically extending studs supported by said body at the rear end thereof, heatinsulating bushings secured on said last named studs, a supporting bracket held by said heatinsulating bushings, a handle having a front and a rear depending portion, a bracket secured to said front depending handle portion and having a pair of openings to receive said pair of pins, means to secure the bracket held by the heat insulating bushings on said pair of rear studs to the rear end portion of the handle and a casing for the iron secured against the lower ends of the depending front and rear handle portions and held out of engagement with said heated body. l

2. An electric iron comprising a heated body, a plurality of vertically extending studs on said body near the front and the rear ends thereof, a pair of heat-insulating elongated bushings on each of said studs, a bracket clamped between said pairs of heat-insulating bushings, a pair of substantially horizontally-extending pins on the bracket secured to said front stud, a handle having depending front and rear portions, a bracket secured to the depending front handle portion and having a pair of openings therein to receive said pair of pins on the bracket on the front stud,

brackets clamped between said pairs of tubular 10 heat-insulating members ,and supporting said. handle by operative engagement with said depending supporting portions, a hollow casing covering said heated body andvmeans engaging the front and the rear supporting portions at points spaced from the handle-supporting means for supporting the casing out of engagement with the heated body to reduce the amount of heat conducted to the casing from the heated body. BROR G. OLVING. 

